As a purchaser in the Yates, I am fairly sure that I am, in part, helping underwrite a portion of the Vivid. Is it a model of how to address downtown housing affordability? Maybe not; but I am willing to wait and see how it plays out. If it results in a few more young families moving into the core and making for a more diverse demographic, bravo.

As a purchaser in the Yates, I am fairly sure that I am, in part, helping underwrite a portion of the Vivid. Is it a model of how to address downtown housing affordability? Maybe not; but I am willing to wait and see how it plays out. If it results in a few more young families moving into the core and making for a more diverse demographic, bravo.

Well, that's certainly how it plays out in other projects where a developer commits to some type of scheme.

Helps has done more for Victoria’s built environment than any other mayor over the last 30+ years. I’m not sure there’s all that much criticism of her in that regard.

Everyone understands that Helps is 1 of 9 votes on city council? its not her way or the highway and she only gets a portion of the credit overall

Also there hasn't been much of an appetite for high rise in Victoria because typically land was cheap for half of those 30 years

15 one bedroom units are remaining.